LONGLISTS FOR 2019 CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS ANNOUNCED

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BfK No. 236 - May 2019

This issue’s cover illustration features Rumblestar, book one in The Unmapped Chronicles series by Abi Elphinstone illustrated by Carrie May. Thanks to Simon and Schuster for their help with this May cover.

The longlists for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced. Members of YLG have selected 20 books for each list from no less than 254 nominations.

Though previous winners feature on both lists, there are books by debut authors and illustrators too; double listings for both The Lost Words by Robert Macfarland, illustrated by Jackie Morris, and Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki by Kevin Crossley-Holland, illustrated by Jeffrey Alan Love. This year the Carnegie list features a number of verse novels.

Alison Brumwell, Chair, CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals judging panel, said: ‘The forty books selected by judges offer intimate insights into family life, superb world-building and thoughtful, incisive explorations of complex themes and issues. Young readers have the opportunity to encounter characters in a diverse range of narratives who both reflect their own experiences and build empathy for different ways of living. This year’s shadowing groups will have plenty to debate and discuss!’

This year sees the introduction of a new award to sit alongside the two Medals categories. The Shadowers’ Choice Award, which will be announced alongside the two Medal winners in June 2019, will be voted for and awarded by the children and young people who shadow the Medals. This award has evolved out of CILIP’s recent Diversity Review, which identified opportunities to empower and celebrate the young people involved in the Medals through the shadowing scheme by giving them a more significant voice and visible presence in the process and prize giving.

Amnesty International UK continues to support the Medals in partnership with CILIP and will create human-rights based materials for all the shortlisted books to aid reflection and discussion in classrooms and libraries.

Animals with Tiny Cat written and illustrated by Viviane Schwarz (Walker Books)

The Family Tree by Mal Peet – illustrated by Emma Shoard (Barrington
Stoke)

The shortlists for both the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals 2019 will be announced on Tuesday 19th March 2019, with the winners being announced on Tuesday 18thJune 2019 at a special daytime event at The British Library, hosted by Konnie Huq. The winners will each receive £500 worth of books to donate to their local library, a specially commissioned golden medal and a £5,000 Colin Mears Award cash prize.